| NAME OF THE COURSE |
Ethnobotany |
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Code |
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Course teacher |
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Associate teachers |
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Type of instruction (number of hours) |
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Status of the course |
Elective |
Percentage of application of e-learning |
5 % |
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| COURSE DESCRIPTION |
Course objectives |
Student will get the basic knowledge on importance of plants in biosphere, on wild and cultivated plants and they role in human diet. |
Course enrolment requirements and entry competences required for the course |
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Learning outcomes expected at the level of the course (4 to 10 learning outcomes) |
After the passing the exam, students will be able to:
- explain the importance of plants in biosphere
- analyse the connection between human and plants since ancient time till today
- explain the importance of plant cultivation
- recognise the mail varieties of grains, their origin and explain their importance for human
- define the major pulse plants, their orignin and nutritive value
- make differences between major vegetables, know their origin and explain their use
- decribe wild plants
- analyse the differences between different varieties of fruit, define their origin and decribe its importnace in human diet
- describe some mithological data for different fruits
- describe the major characteristics of coffee, tea and coccoa and their impact on human health
- analyse the production process of different beverages and its impact on human health
- clasify major plants from different biomas on Earth, and analyse their role and application
- define major plants that are used as spices
- make differences between toxic plants and know their influence on human health
- decribe transgenic plants and their role in biodiversity |
Course content broken down in detail by weekly class schedule (syllabus) |
1st week: The importance of plants for human
2nd week: Plants as food, plant cultivation
3rd week: Plants in diet
4th week: Grains
5th week: Pulses and vegetable
6th week: Fruit
7th week: Wild but edible plants
8th week: Coffee, tea and coccoa
9th week: Alcoholic beverages
10th week: Wood and fibers
11th week: Spices
12th week: Toxic substances from plant- part 1
13th week: Toxic substances from plant- part 2
14th week: Psychoactive components
15th week: Transgenic plants
Final exam
Seminars: Selected themes connected to the lectures and discussion
Field work: Getting the basic knowledge, preparation of herbarium and photographing plants |
Format of instruction: |
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Student responsibilities |
Regular attendance class, seminar paper, making herbaruim. |
Screening student work (name the proportion of ECTS credits for eachactivity so that the total number of ECTS credits is equal to the ECTS value of the course): |
Class attendance |
1.0 |
Research |
0.0 |
Practical training |
0.0 |
Experimental work |
0.0 |
Report |
0.0 |
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0.5 |
Essay |
0.0 |
Seminar essay |
0.5 |
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Tests |
0.0 |
Oral exam |
1.0 |
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Written exam |
0.0 |
Project |
0.0 |
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Grading and evaluating student work in class and at the final exam |
Seminars- 10%
Herbarium and plant photos – 10%
Oral exam – 80% |
Required literature (available in the library and via other media) |
Title |
Number of copies in the library |
Availability via other media |
T. Nikolić: Sistematska botanika, raznolikost i evolucija biljnog svijeta. Alfa, Zagreb, 2013. |
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DA |
L. Luczaj i sur.: Wild vegetable mixed sold in the markets of Dalmatia (Southern Croatia), Journal of etnobiology and etnomedicine. 9 (2013) 1-12. |
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DA |
L. Luczaj i sur.: Wild food plant used in the villages of the Lake Vrana Nature Park (northen Dalmatia, Croatia). Acta Soc.Bot. 82 (2013) 275-281. |
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DA |
G. Mateljan: Najzdravije namirnice svijeta, Profil, Zagreb, 2009. |
0 |
DA |
F. Ehrendorfer, K. Mägdefrau: Sistematika, evolucija i geobotanika, Udžbenik botanike. Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1984. |
0 |
DA |
D. von Denfer, H. Ziegler: Morfologija i fiziologija, udžbenik botanike. Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 1982. |
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DA |
B. E. Wyk, M. Wink: Medicinal plants of the world. Timber Press. Portland, London, 2004. |
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DA |
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Optional literature (at the time of submission of study programme proposal) |
J. Marčinković: Božja biljna ljekarna. Školska knjiga, Zagreb, 2001.
S. Sardelić: Samoniklo jestivo bilje, mišanca, gruda, parapač... wild edible herbs-Mišanca, Gruda, Parapač, etnološka istraživanja, 1(12-13) (2008) 387-396.
Lj. Grlić: Enciklopedija samoniklog jestivog bilja. A. Cesarec, Zagreb, 1990.
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Quality assurance methods that ensure the acquisition of exit competences |
Quality assurance will be performed at three levels:
(1) University Level;
(2) Faculty Level by Quality Control Committee;
(3) Lecturer’s Level. |
Other (as the proposer wishes to add) |
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